My Life As an Alphabet
Jan 2013 · Allen & Unwin
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Coming soon as the major motion picture H IS FOR HAPPINESS.
WINNER: Victorian Premier's Literary Award, 2014
HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2014
SHORTLISTED: Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Prize for Children's Fiction, 2014
This isn't just about me. It's also about the other people in my life - my mother, my father, my dead sister Sky, my penpal Denille, Rich Uncle Brian, Earth-Pig Fish and Douglas Benson From Another Dimension. These are people [with the exception of Earth-Pig Fish, who is a fish] who have shaped me, made me what I am. I cannot recount my life without recounting elements of theirs. This is a big task, but I am confident I am up to it.
Introducing Candice Phee: twelve years old, hilariously honest and a little . odd. But she has a big heart, the very best of intentions and an unwavering determination to ensure everyone is happy. So she sets about trying to 'fix' all the problems of all the people [and pets] in her life.
Laugh-out-loud funny and wonderfully touching, My Life as an Alphabet is a delightful novel about an unusual girl who goes to great lengths to bring love and laughter into the lives of everyone she cares about.
WINNER: Victorian Premier's Literary Award, 2014
HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2014
SHORTLISTED: Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Prize for Children's Fiction, 2014
This isn't just about me. It's also about the other people in my life - my mother, my father, my dead sister Sky, my penpal Denille, Rich Uncle Brian, Earth-Pig Fish and Douglas Benson From Another Dimension. These are people [with the exception of Earth-Pig Fish, who is a fish] who have shaped me, made me what I am. I cannot recount my life without recounting elements of theirs. This is a big task, but I am confident I am up to it.
Introducing Candice Phee: twelve years old, hilariously honest and a little . odd. But she has a big heart, the very best of intentions and an unwavering determination to ensure everyone is happy. So she sets about trying to 'fix' all the problems of all the people [and pets] in her life.
Laugh-out-loud funny and wonderfully touching, My Life as an Alphabet is a delightful novel about an unusual girl who goes to great lengths to bring love and laughter into the lives of everyone she cares about.
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4.7
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August 19, 2018
I absoultley love this book and I am an eleven year old girl who enjoys
reading when she finds the right book and this is defiently a book to suit
readers who like books they can relate even if it is in a slight way like
just having a best friend with the same name as the main charcters
Jessica Lolly
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May 31, 2015
I read this book at school a but i didnt quite finish it but so far pg 74 it was absoulouty amazing i could marry it legit and this is how much i love the book
Spike Scott
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July 25, 2018
I love the way the main character perceives the world, and how she takes
everything so literally! It is so creative and funny. Five stars from me!
About the author
Barry Jonsberg's young adult novels, The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull and It's Not All About YOU, Calma! were short-listed for the Children's Book Council Book of the Year, Older Readers, awards. It's Not All About YOU, Calma! also won the Adelaide Festival Award for Children's Literature, Dreamrider was short-listed in the NSW Premier's Awards for the Ethel Turner prize and Cassie (Girlfriend Fiction) was short-listed for the Children's Peace Literature Award. Being Here won the QLD Premier's Young Adult Book Award 2011 and was short-listed for the 2012 Prime Minister's award.
Barry lives in Darwin with his wife, children and two dogs. His books have been published in the US, the UK, France, Poland, Germany and China.
Barry lives in Darwin with his wife, children and two dogs. His books have been published in the US, the UK, France, Poland, Germany and China.
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